Interview with Designer Dan Norton!

[Icespark]

Hello everyone!

An interview with new Thundercats series designer Dan Norton has been posted!

Here's a link!

The Man Who Built Third Earth: An Interview With ‘ThunderCats’ Designer Dan Norton » MTV Geek



Spoilers:

The interview also includes a model sheet of a character's new appearance! This is our first look at the updated Jackalman! Also, if the file name is any indication, Jackalman might have the new name of Kayner.....

[Ravenxl7]

Nice update to Jackalman. It's a fresh design, and he's definitely more wild looking, but he's still recognizable to me. Also, the name Kayner is a nice fit to his design.

Edit: Read through the interview, and I can tell that Dan Norton really knows what he is doing. Got me even more psyched for future episodes. I can't wait to see how they've redesigned some of the other characters. Most especially Monkian.

[Joe Moore]

Nice design on Jackalman. Looking forward to seeing him introduced. Thanks for the heads up.

[Grune the Warrior]

The article also shows a design sheet for some other characters. I recognize the Ro-Bear but not some of them:

[Ricardogasjr]

I believe the blue cat should be Snow Miow

[SPLIT LIP]

He looks great. Leagues better than the old Jackalman. Hope his voice is good.

Article is a great read. I look forward to this show every week.

[DESTRO]

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

He looks great. Leagues better than the old Jackalman. Hope his voice is good.

Article is a great read. I look forward to this show every week.

I gotta agree, what made Jackalman cool was the voice, but this new show has yet to let me down, I'm sure it's going to be a cool update when he shows up.

[nomad16]

I see some great character designs jackelman looks sick and snow miow looks perfect I was wondering if they would to the robear berbils I think will be getting some more great figures to come in the future!!!

[BB Shockwave]

I love this new design for Jacka... erm, Kayner. He actually looks... quite noble, with that face. He will certainly be no laughing matter like the old one.

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Originally Posted by Grune the Warrior

The article also shows a design sheet for some other characters. I recognize the Ro-Bear but not some of them:

Let's see... From top right to bottom:

-Sarrow/Saurro, the lizard tracker from episode 4.
- ??? No idea. A gnome?
- A Robear Berbil from the old series.
- Kamai, the chameleon-like leader of the lizard trackers from episode 4.
- a Trollog (trollop?), again in the old series they were creatures who stole candy-fruit from the Berbils to feed their oppressors.
- This pig-man looks a LOT like the tax collector from the old episode "The spaceship beneath the sands"
- Probably one of the canids/dogs, Jackalman's people. I have a hunch he'll be appearing in "The duelist and the drifter" if that huge sword is any indication.
- Three members of Captain Koinelius Tunar's fish-men crew, including the first mate.
- The Petalars, from episode 4.
- elephant-men, no idea where from...
- Snow-Meow, the mount of the Snow-Man from the old episode "Lord of the Snows".
- A Giantor, the creatures who oppress the Trollogs and force them to steal the fruit of the Robears.

[RedAlert Rescue]

JackalMan looks good (He was always one of my fav designs along with Rattaro) but some of those other Denizins looks like they escaped from a Japanese Role Playing game to me.

I'm kind of surprised they have included the Robear Burbils I would have thought the'd be a temptation to dump them from the franchise as unmarketable.

I wonder if Willa (or was that Willow?) and the Amazon girls will be included or not ? - I always found her interesting as she was the only thing that helped quash the Tigra is Gay rumors.

[MannE]

Wow!! They need to release an art book at the end of this season!!

[Monkian]

Kayner..? OH... K.. Whatever. As long as they introduce him as Kayner the "Jackalman" and refer to him as Jackalman, I'm good. Love the look and I am psyched to see his introduction.

[Saint Phe]

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Originally Posted by Monkian

Kayner..? OH... K.. Whatever. As long as they introduce him as Kayner the "Jackalman" and refer to him as Jackalman, I'm good. Love the look and I am psyched to see his introduction.

I think "Kayner" is clever. It refers to his species without sounding lazy. I like it.

[Jack-Pumpkinhead]

Damn, Jackalman went to the gym! And he looks like he won't take Slithe's insults! I like it!

[ThunderScott]

I'm more interested on Pumyra's design for this new serie. I saw on a site that Michael Jelenic said that many fans wants to see her back on the show. No lies, check here Thundercats Ho! An Interview with Mike Jelenic | AWN | Animation World Network

This were Michael Jelenic words: "We look at the message boards and we see whom the original fans want to see, so as much as we can – without throwing characters in for some random reason – we want to make sure we have at least a cameo or a one-off for each of these loved characters. You'll see Pumyra, with several episodes devoted to her"

About her voice actress...there's not a word about the subject but since I'm interested on Hynden Walch to voice a character in this serie, I guess Pumyra wouldn't be a bad option!